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Anthropology

Dept Seminar: Spirit in Motion

In this Anthropology Dept Seminar, Thomas Kirsch of Konstanz University, discusses the 'Morphology and Mobility of the Holy Spirit in Africa'. 14 October 2011.
New Thinking: Advances in the Study of Human Cognitive Evolution

The Social Brain on the Internet

In primates and humans alike, the number of social relationships an individual can have is constrained in part by its social cognitive competences and in part by the time available to invest in face-to-face interaction.
New Thinking: Advances in the Study of Human Cognitive Evolution

Why the Hominin Cognitive Niche Was and Is a Crucially Socio-cognitive Niche

Tooby and deVore argued that hominin evolution hinged on the exploitation of a unique 'cognitive niche'. We propose that a diversity of evidence indicates this was fundamentally a socio-cognitive niche.
New Thinking: Advances in the Study of Human Cognitive Evolution

Metacognition and the Social Mind: How Individuals Interact at the Neural Level

I will review recent research in neuroimaging and computation neuroscience, and present a new paradigm for studying decision making in pairs.
New Thinking: Advances in the Study of Human Cognitive Evolution

Experiencing Language

The evolutionary relationship between human linguistic capacity and humans' emotional make-up has not, as yet, received focused attention.
New Thinking: Advances in the Study of Human Cognitive Evolution

Signals, Honesty and the Evolution of Language

The evolution of language is a long-standing puzzle for many reasons. One is that its very virtues as a system of communication seem to open the door to ruinous free-riding and deception.
New Thinking: Advances in the Study of Human Cognitive Evolution

Embodiment: Taking Sociality Seriously

A very wise person of our acquaintance once said, 'Read old books to get new ideas'.
New Thinking: Advances in the Study of Human Cognitive Evolution

Cortico-cerebellar Evolution and the Distributed Neural Basis of Cognition

Biologists interested in cognitive evolution have focussed on the dramatic expansion of the forebrain, particularly the neocortex, in lineages such as primates.
New Thinking: Advances in the Study of Human Cognitive Evolution

A New Comparative Psychology

In their classic 1969 paper Hodos and Campbell bemoaned the absence of appropriate evolutionary theory in comparative psychology. In this talk I will argue that despite the advent of Evolutionary Psychology the situation has changed only a little today.
New Thinking: Advances in the Study of Human Cognitive Evolution

The Mystery of Cumulative Culture

Human demographic and ecological success is frequently attributed to our capacity for cumulative culture, which allows human knowledge and technology to build up and improve over time.
New Thinking: Advances in the Study of Human Cognitive Evolution

Cultural Inheritance of Cultural Learning

It is widely acknowledged that the cumulative cultural inheritance of technological skills and social practices has played a major role in shaping the ways of life of modern humans.
Pitt Rivers Museum

Body Arts: The Panará People

Dr Elizabeth Ewart of the University's Institute of Anthropology and Jaanika Vider, a former student, discuss body adornment and identity in Amazonia,.
Pitt Rivers Museum

Body Arts: Scent, Pain and Exchange

Professor Jeremy MacClancy of Oxford Brookes University talks to Helen Hales of the Pitt Rivers Museum about themes including scent and perfume,.
Pitt Rivers Museum

Body Arts: The Naga People

Dr Vibha Joshi, a specialist in the Naga culture of northeast India, and Julia Nicholson from the Pitt Rivers Museum look at the unique traditions of hair and body ornaments,.
Pitt Rivers Museum

Body Arts: The Experience of Decoration

Professor Howard Morphy of the Australian National University talks to Helen Hales of the Pitt Rivers Museum about the body as a canvas and the internal experience of external decoration, notably in the context of Aboriginal Australia.
Pitt Rivers Museum

Body Arts: The Flexible Body

The Museum's Director, Dr Mike O'Hanlon, and Professor Stanley Ulijaszek from the University's Institute of Anthropology discuss how the body can be shaped both physically and metaphorically and the idea of bodily norms.
New Thinking: Advances in the Study of Human Cognitive Evolution

Welcome and Introduction

Introduction to the "New Thinking: Advances in the Study of Human Cognitive Evolution" conference.
Pitt Rivers Museum

Body Arts: Henna - The Plant that Binds

Anthropologist and filmmaker Udi Mandel Butler and Alan Mandel explore the art of Henna in Birmingham.
Pitt Rivers Museum

Body Arts: Travelling Ink

Through conversations with leading tattooists from around the world, this film explores the artistry, philosophy, meaning and history of tattooing at the site of the 2010 London Tattoo Convention.
Pitt Rivers Museum

Body Arts: Kakau and Batok Talk: Tattoos from Hawaii and the Philippines

At the conclusion of her fieldwork in the mountains of northern Luzon in the Philippines, anthropologist Analyn Salvador-Amore filmed an encounter with Hawaiian tattoo practitioner Keone Nunes and a Butbut tattoo practitioner Whang-ud.

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